(Encyclopedia) Dench, Dame JudiDench, Dame Judij&oomacr;ˈdē dĕnch [key], 1934–, British actress, b. York, England, as Judith Olivia Dench. She studied at the Central School of Speech Training and…
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(Encyclopedia) Merrill, Robert, 1917–2004, American baritone, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Moishe Miller. In 1945 he won the Metropolitan Opera's Auditions of the Air and in the same year made his debut as…
(Encyclopedia) Sagan, FrançoiseSagan, FrançoisefräNswäzˈ sägäNˈ [key], pseudonym of Françoise QuoirezSagan, Françoisekwärĕzˈ [key], 1935–2004, French novelist, b. Françoise Quoirez. She became famous…
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(Encyclopedia) Bowles, Paul, 1910–99, American writer and composer, b. New York City. He studied in Paris with Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland and composed (1930s–40s) a number of modernist operas,…
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(Encyclopedia) Marsh, Reginald, 1898–1954, American painter and illustrator, b. Paris. Both his parents were artists. After their return to the United States, he studied at Yale (B.A., 1920). He…
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